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Chris Downer
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Christchurch Mudeford Quay Beach Christchurch Mudeford Quay Beach is in Dorset, 7 kilometers east of Christchurch.
Ashley Dace 
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Minehead Terminus Beach
Paul Glazzard
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Flamborough South Landing Beach
Albert Bridge
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Warrenpoint
Tony Atkin
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Thurlestone Leasfoot Beach
Penny Mayes
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Plymouth Hoe West Plymouth Hoe West is near the centre of Plymouth on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rock beach approxim...
DS Pugh
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Redcar Coatham Redcar Coatham is the northernmost of four designated bathing beaches fronting the seaside town of Redcar. It is a wi...
David Dixon 
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Formby Victoria Road Beach
David Gearing 
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Staithes Beach
Peter Evans 
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Rhossili Bay
Paul Glazzard
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Wilsthorpe Beach
Nigel Mykura
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Weymouth Lodmoor Beach
Gordon Hatton 
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Ardalanish Beach The beach is perfectly stunning, and on a bright day, one could easily mistake it for a beach in Barbados. To reach t...
James Denham 
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Eyemouth Beach
Mike Faherty 
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Calshot Calshot beach is part of a shingle spit on the Hampshire coast which extends westward into the southern end of Southa...
Peter Church
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Reighton Reighton Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is one kilom...
Tom Pennington
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Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Mike Pennington
Photo: Mike Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Portobello West Beach Portobello West Beach is 700 meters north west of Portobello in the county of City of Edinburgh.
Colin Kinnear
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Southerness Beach
Derek Harper
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Torre Abbey Beach
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